Porsche 996 C4S thoughts

[lewisf182]

I'm constantly watching the market of 996's to see what pops up with the view to one day taking the plunge. A particularly eagerly priced c4S has caught my eye so looking to get your thoughts, from the ad it sounds a decent car. No engine rebuild but its priced so keenly i can get it rebuilt for about the price one with a rebuilt engine woukd cost... i've checked out the seller and the reviews aren't great tbf but to me it may look worth a punt???

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Thoughts?

[lewisf182]

God damn, cant believe i missed that haha! All the adverts rolling into one... my bad!

[lewisf182]

jbaddeley said:

I'd be tempted by this if I didn't really want a 997. Think it's a bargain of the condition stacks up.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Sorry to resurect this, but what are peoples thoughts on the linked car? Highish mileage but has the all important hartech rebuild plus new clutch and tyres? Seems decent compared to others at same price with a bit less mileage but having had no work done ?

[lewisf182]

That's my thought, only issue is it's a 3 hour ring trip for me so sounds like a call to Hartech before hand could confirm whether it's a good option.

I did email the dealer over christmas to get a few more details but they weren't very forthcoming, maybe they thought as it was via email I wasn't that serious which is fair enough. Time to seriously think about it.

[lewisf182]

I'm not too bothered about travelling if I'm going to buy (buying my last car from Bournemouth from Sheffield) but just to go and view it's a bit far really, just need to check a few things out before.

[lewisf182]

Good to know, thanks. It's things like that why I've asked peoples thought's as I don't know the minute detail of the 996 yet.

[lewisf182]

Happy to receive the details scho could be interested dependant on price

[lewisf182]

OK, so I've found out details of the rebuild and i'm not sure that it's the full shebang that I'd like, especially the re-rounding of the cylinders sounds fairly short term to me.

Also, the service history goes from December 2012 (60k miles) and isn't serviced again till July 2014 (75k miles), and rebuild in October of 2015 - my guess is the lack of service resulted in it going kaput? Odd that you'd skimp on servicing it but then sink £9k into it to repair it after. Also no service in 2016 again just comes across as a bit un cared for but the engine i guess should be strong due to rebuild.


Does the below look like a comprehensive repair and is there anything missing which would wanted to have been done? FYI hartech rebuilt.

- -Remove engine: Strip & Assess
- Carry out repairs following 5 snapped bolts/damaged threads
- Supply & Fit 1 Nikasil plated aluminium alloy cylinders (number 6)
- Re round remaining cylinders as far as possible & fit restraining rings.
- Prepare for re-assembly
- Re-build with all new gaskets/seals (except valve stem seals)
- New crank shaft oil jets
- Water pump
- 4 cam to intermediate shaft chain rails
- New modified IMS & Stronger spindle
- 3 pistons & crank shaft bearings (big end, main & thrust)
- Replace manifold to catalyst fixings & gaskets
- Re fit to car with new oil/air separator
- Starter motor wiring harness section
- 4 exhaust claims & flywheel sensor
- Supply & fit new oxygen sensor

Thanks,

Edited by lewisf182 on Wednesday 18th January 20:07

[lewisf182]

No body no opinion on rebuild?

[lewisf182]

No worries! Yeh does seem odd with the lack of servicing too... while it's all being done surely you'd just do all cylinders properly.. the search continues :/
Actually quite liking the look of gt3 kitted carreras tbh now, think long term they'll be more classic.

[lewisf182]

Yeah I use to hold that view, but having seen a few I can see how in say 10 years time the GT3 kitted ones will be more sought after.

Seen an absolutely stunning C4S convertible at RPM technik which I looooooooove, sadly it's up for £25k which is just a bit too much. Such a shame as it's stunning and has all the right work done.

[lewisf182]

Yeh thats the major downside, it does look such a good example though wish it was a coupe!

[lewisf182]

eastsider said:

What about this one:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Seems over priced to me considering no engine rebuild at all? Mileage isn't particularly low either think it'll struggle at thay price

One thing im finding is most decent cars all seem to be down south, grrr!